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Gil DiCesare has
heard his share of fish
stories, but he now has
one to pass along —
and the evidence to
prove it.
During a routine
fishing charter off
the west coast of the
Island near Ucluelet,
DiCesare, the owner of
Comox Valley-based
G&M Charters, was
cleaning a fish for his
client when something
inside the 14-pound
salmon cut his finger.
“I felt something
sharp when I put my
knife through my
glove to my finger. I
looked at the stomach
and could see the
outline of something
with notches. It was
bizarre,” he explained.
Inside, DiCesare
found a fillet knife —
similar to the one he
was using — inside.
“I couldn’t believe
it. I actually took
a video and some
pictures or else no one
would believe me,” he
added. DiCesare, who
has been guiding for
more than 25 years,
believes it most likely
fell off the boat of
someone fishing in the

Gil DeCesare, who runs a fishing charter
business out of the Comox Valley, was cleaning
a 14-pound salmon for a client when he
discovered a fillet knife inside the fish. Photo
submitted.
area.
“I’ve seen halibut
with half a beer can
or Styrofoam, and the
commercial guys have
seen a lot, but nothing
like this.”
The knife was fully
intact when DiCesare
removed it from the
belly, and the fish was
otherwise healthy.
DiCesare’s client
kept the fish, and he
kept the knife.
He said during that
particular fishing trip
in late July, the odds
were definitely in his
favour.
“First, what are
the odds of a salmon
eating the knife and
surviving? And then
out of the millions of
fish there, what are
the odds of actually
catching it?”
DiCesare added if
anyone is looking for a
missing knife, to give
him a call.

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Kokish Hatchery volunteers close off their net in preparation for
collecting hatchery broodstock from a pool in the river last weekend.
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The pink salmon are getting dark and the fishing pools
where anglers have been gathering have certainly
thinned out. I had a
chance to fish the old
aspen pool on the
Campbell River and
the pinks were still
taking the pink flies.
I will be changing it
up in the following
days and changing
Pink Salmon caught Sept. 14
to blue or green flies
in hopes of catching a Coho.
Water levels will start to rise
in weeks to come and my fishing destination will change
to Salmon Point and fish the beaches between Salmon
Point and the Oyster River.
The Tyee fishing has been superb in the Tyee pool and
the season has closed as of the 15th.
I will be hosting the
Roberts Lake family
fun fishing derby this
Saturday with Lorna
Duncan. This derby starts
at dawn and wraps up
with the prizes awarded
at 5 pm. Last year a
number of fish were
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Roberts Lake nor
caught in the 1 to 2
pound range and a few big
ones were lost. Free hot dogs and lemonade will be
provided to anglers who come out and participate.
B.C. Parks and the Campbell River Environmental
Committee needs
your help in cleaning
up the shoreline of
the Quinsam and
Campbell River on
Sunday September
22nd from 10 am to
2 pm. Garbage bags,
gloves, water and
Quinsam River
refreshments will be
provided.
Meet at the logging bridge on hwy 28 or contact Leona
Adams 250-287-3506.

Salmon bonanza cheers volunteers
kicks off the hatchery’s
season, which will run
until next spring when
BEAVER COVE—
new smolts are released
Christmas came early
back into the stream to
in this remote region
begin their journey to
of North Vancouver
the sea and resume the
Island. But then, it
cycle.
always does when
While some
the volunteers of the
of coastal B.C.’s
Kokish River Fish
hatcheries are staffed
Hatchery kick off their with paid professionals,
annual brood stock
the Kokish Hatchery
collection of salmon.
is one of the many
The core group
smaller facilities
of volunteers, many
dotting Vancouver
of whom have
Island entirely manned
been aiding salmon
by volunteers. Most of
enhancement on
these hatcheries were
the Kokish since
created in the early to
the hatchery was
mid-’80s, following the
established in the
establishment of the
mid-1980s, are retired
Canadian Salmonid
or semi-retired. But
Enhancement Program
they were as giddy as
by Fisheries and
children finding gifts
Oceans Canada.
under the tree when
“Everybody’s a
they hauled a mix of
volunteer; nobody’s
pinks, coho, chum
paid,” said Grant
and sockeye from a
Anderson of the
pool in the river and
Marble River
transported them to
Hatchery, located
tanks at the nearby
between Port Alice
hatchery last week.
and Port McNeill off
“That was good; we Highway 30. “It makes
did a good haul,” Port
a good comradeship.
Eric Toneff,Ed
Owner/Director
Toneffhave
Funeral
McNeill’s
Bennett ~ We
lotsServices
of people
said to his mates as
from different walks
they tipped a pot of
of life, and each of
coffee in the hatchery
them brings their own
office after sorting the
talents.”
fish by species into
Last week’s fish
holding tanks. “Boy,
collection on the
those chums are big,
Kokish drew nearly a
eh?”
dozen volunteers, who
The early
donned chest waders
September collection
and strode around the
J.R. Rardon
Black Press

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pool in the river while
unspooling a 100-foot
seine net from an
inflatable raft.
They included
the grizzled regulars,
like Bennett, Ken
Coleman, Pete Rice,
John Foster and Ken
Stoner, as well as firsttimer Dan Gachter,
who was joined by a
pair of friends visiting
from the Lower
Mainland.
“I’m in awe of
the people who do
this,” said Mace
Vandenakker of White
Rock, who traveled
with his wife Elspeth
to visit the Gachter
family and tagged
along to don waders
and lend a hand.
“I have to take
my hat off to these
people.”
A pair of recent
secondary school
grads with an interest
in wildlife biology,
Michael Whitworth
and Ben Jorgenson
rounded out the
team and provided a
youthful counterpoint
to the team.
In two sets of
the net, this group
collected more
than 100 salmon —
including a coho with
a clipped adipose fin
indicating it originated
from the hatchery.
Cont. on Page 5

Any person upon being declared the successful bidder must immediately pay by cash, money order,
certified cheque or bank draft a minimum of not less than the upset price. Failure to pay this amount
will result in the property promptly being offered for sale again. The Village of Gold River makes no
representation expressed or implied as to the condition or quality of the properties being offered for
sale. The purchase of a tax sale property is subject to tax under the Property Transfer Tax Act on the fair
market value of the property.
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Anyone who suffers
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Tennis elbow,
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heel spurs, rotator
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rock-hard muscles
are some of the most
common persistent
musculoskeletal issues.
Aside from
being painful, these
conditions also tend
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that require ongoing
physical therapy,
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The benefits of
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Salmon held in tanks until ready
From Page 4
Most of the fish
were transferred to a
tank mounted on the
back of a heavy-duty
pickup, though several
were left in the river to
fend for themselves.
“We left a coho
with seal bites, and we
threw back a number
of trout,” said Bennett.
The salmon will be

held in tanks at the
hatchery until they’re
ready to spawn.
The hatchery crew
will then harvest the
eggs and sperm and
transfer them to an
incubation tank for the
winter. Next spring,
local schoolchildren
will be invited to take
part as the new smolts
are released into the

very pool from which
their parents were
taken.
“We’ll keep picking
(fish) through the fall,”
said Coleman, who
entered the counts
into a log book. “This
and the egg collection
will go from now until
almost Christmas.
We’ll be working from
now through June.”

up any pain-causing
calcium deposits while
also producing an
analgesic effect.
The shockwaves
interact with the
body’s tissues and
speed up healing
by initiating an
inflammatory and
vascular response from
your body’s immune
system. Healing
occurs over several
treatments, relieving
pain and increasing
functionality of
the injured area.
Depending on
the severity of the
condition being
treated, three to five
treatments are typical.
Most of our
clients describe the
experience of SWT
therapy as feeling
“strange” or “mildly
uncomfortable.” The
actual therapy sessions

are only about five to
ten minutes long, and
treatment intensity
can be adjusted.
Patients usually feel
relief immediately
following treatment,
although there may
be some achiness in
the general treatment
area for a few hours
afterward.
To find out if
SWT holds the key
to alleviating your
nagging, painful
injuries, give us a call
at Courtenay Healing
Centre. Who knows –
it could save you from
a date with a surgeon!
Dr. Brigitte Tetrault
is a Doctor of Traditional
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and acupuncturist at
Courtenay Healing
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